August 28, 2026
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
Ambassador Designate to Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua, Reno Omokri, has cautioned against any plans to reintroduce fuel subsidy and full reopening of Nigeria’s land borders, warning that such move could trigger massive smuggling and worsen insecurity.
Omokri spoke, in an apparent reaction to the plans by former Vice President and African Democratic Congress, ADC, Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to reopen Nigeria’s land borders and remove fuel subsidy if elected president in the 2027 general election.
Atiku had said the policy would revive transborder trade, which he argued had been disrupted by prolonged restrictions on the country’s borders with neighbouring countries.
